The tear stains on Chen's face had not yet dried. After the humiliation she had just suffered, Chen looked ashen as she slowly walked towards her courtyard with her child. On the way, she encountered other concubines who, seeing Chen's appearance, guessed that she had been harassed by the Fourteenth Prince's wife and began to whisper and chuckle.
Unable to bear the stares, Ms. Chen fled back to her room with her child.
Seeing his mother's distraught and listless state, Chen's son pretended to be nonchalant and wiped away her tears, saying with a smile, "Mother, don't cry, I'm alright. When I grow up, I will definitely protect you from being bullied..."
Chen's daughter timidly took her mother's hand and comforted her, "Mother, don't be sad. We'll stay away from them from now on and won't cause you any more trouble..."
Unable to hold back any longer, Madam Chen embraced her two children and wept uncontrollably, repeatedly saying, "It's all my fault, I've made you suffer, I didn't protect you properly..."
The three children hugged and cried for a long time before calming down. Madam Chen, her heart heavy, kept stroking her children, and said with a bitter smile, "You are all good children. Your mother will not let you live this life of subservience and dependence forever. Don't worry, your mother will definitely take you away..."
Chen's children thought their mother had come to her senses and happily nodded in agreement, unaware of the despair and reluctance in her eyes.
After a while, Madam Chen dismissed the servants and sent her children away to rest. She then dismissed everyone else and sat alone in her room, lost in thought. The light in the room remained on all night; the servants, knowing Madam Chen had been humiliated that day, dared not disturb her…
The next day, the maid who was serving Chen Shi to wash up called out for a long time without getting a response before she boldly pushed open the door, only to find that Chen Shi had already committed suicide in the room, her body cold and stiff, with only a suicide note left on the ground.
The maid was so frightened that she rushed out to report to the Fourteenth Princess Consort.
When the Fourteenth Prince's wife learned of Chen's suicide, she was panicked. She only wanted to settle the score with Chen over the years and had no intention of taking her life. Now, Chen's suicide at this time, jumping into the Yellow River, was also implicated in her actions.
Chen's suicide note was delivered to the Fourteenth Prince's wife. In it, she expressed her deep regret and said she had no face to face her, and that she could only atone for her sins with her death. However, she begged the Fourteenth Prince's wife not to blame her children and requested that after her death, her children be sent back to their maternal home and removed from the Fourteenth Prince's control.
The maidservant was anxious for the Fourteenth Prince's wife, but then she saw the Fourteenth Prince's wife slump into a chair, saying absentmindedly, "She's better off dead, but I have to take care of her funeral arrangements..."
The maid asked with some worry, "Madam, Chen was scolded in our room last night, and everyone in the manor knows about it. Today she committed suicide, and I'm worried it will implicate you..."
The Fourteenth Princess felt a pang of bitterness. After all, it was a living, breathing human being. She said angrily, "I never wanted her life, yet she was willing to die for her child. I never expected that... You're right, if she commits suicide like this, outsiders will definitely think I forced her to her death, and then I'll have no way to defend myself..."
The maidservant glanced at the contents of the will and asked anxiously, "Madam, Madam Chen's will requests that her children be sent back to the Chen family. This is not a good situation..."
The Fourteenth Princess Consort sneered, "That's why she threatened me with suicide. That's a truly vicious tactic..."
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